Burris lawyers still working on Blagojevich memo

February 23, 2009

As U.S. Sen. Roland Burris prepared today to return to work in Washington, D.C., his attorneys continued to prepare a document they say will show he has not changed his story about how he secured the Senate seat from Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Although last week Burris said the finished document "will be provided to the public," his top attorney said Monday it is being written primarily for the ongoing perjury probe in Springfield and the Senate Ethics Committee investigation in Washington.

In an interview, attorney Tim Wright said he has been reviewing the senator's statements -- as well as media clippings about those statements -- and believes Burris has never been inconsistent. He hopes to be done with the report in a day or so, but said its release will be up to Burris.